Miami- Dade County Schools offered intensive English and job training classes to Cuban refugeesca. 1965chc02180000190001001A Freedom Flight arrives in Miami from Varadero, CubaThe Camarioca Boatlift ended with an agreement between the United States and Cuban governments that resulted in the Freedom Flights, an airlift of twice-daily flights between Cuba and Miami. Nearly 270,000 Cuban refugees were reunified with their families in the United States from December 1, 1965 to April 6, 1973.Martin, Esteban1970chc02180000230001001A refugee family is registered at the Cuban Refugee Center1962chc02180000240001001Waiting in line for services at the Cuban Refugee Center at Freedom TowerThe verso of this photograph reads: During the heavy influx of Cuban refugees this was the daily sidewalk scene outside the U.S. Cuban Refugee Center, Miami. Some days it was impossible to close down activities until well along in the evening hours.ca. 1966chc02180000260001001"Creo que lo mejor es buscar en otra parte ..."The Cuban caricaturist Silvio Fontanillas (1913?-2000) prepared this cartoon most likely for the newsletter Oportunidades. It depicts the difficulties that many Cuban refugees faced in finding housing in crowded Miami.1968chc02180000290001001Women with children at the Cuban Refugee Centerca. 1962chc02180000330001001International Rescue Committee waiting area at the Cuban Refugee CenterTo alleviate overcrowded Miami, the Cuban Refugee Program worked with voluntary agencies to encourage arriving refugees to relocate away from the area. By 1980, 304,000 Cuban refugees, about 60% of those processed, resettled to 38 states and 24 foreign countries through arrangements made by Catholic Relief Services, the United Hebrew Immigration Assistance Society Service, Church World Services, and the nonsectarian International Rescue Committee.ca. 1965chc02180000430001001U.S. Coast Guard crewmen aid a refugee during the 1965 Camarioca BoatliftIn an effort to rid Cuba of political dissidents, Fidel Castro announced in September 1965 that he would allow any Cuban who had relatives in the U.S. to leave the island through the port of Camarioca. Nearly 5,000 Cubans traversed the waters between Cuba and Florida in the next two months in what came to be known as the Camarioca Boatlift.Gort Photo Studiochc02180000460001001A Cuban refugee reflects on his rescue at sea by the U.S. Coast GuardCommercial transportation between the U.S. and Cuba ceased in October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. With regular flights to Miami permanently suspended, Cubans seeking asylum in the United States had to do so via third-party countries or by risking the dangerous passage of the Straits of Florida. During the three years after the Missile Crisis, 30,000 refugees arrived by sea, often in small, overloaded boats.U.S. Coast Guard, District 7, Miamica. 1965chc02180000470001001Pioneering bilingual education programsThe public school system of Miami-Dade County received federal funds through the Cuban Refugee Program to accommodate the ever-increasing number of school-age children arriving from Cuba. Funding for English-language classes was prioritized at all grade levels and for adult education programs.ca. 1965chc02180000490001001